Misery Is A Communicable Disease || Crowley, Sam, Castiel
A young girl stood on the corner of two streets, looking nervously down the busy intersection. She was around ten years old, had medium blonde curls which fluttered with the wind around a blue ribbon in her hair, and her eyes were as grey as the cloudy sky above her. Her knees knocked against each other in the cold wind of New York underneath a wool skirt that covered them. Ahead of her was a group of humans. She could not help what she did next. The ring on her finger burned and she knew.
Ten minutes later each and every one of them was dead, piled up in an alley like firewood. The only sign of the young girl left was a blood stained teddy bear which had been left there.
Within three weeks the news had begun to report it. Corpses would be found in piles, with a small teddy bear sitting out in front of them. The killer could not be found; police had no idea what to make of it. Reporters gave the best stories they could; with so little information about who might be doing it, they had only speculation to work from. The story began to spread across the internet soon enough, and it got big enough to catch the attention of more than one hunter.
Crowley was having a few bad days as well. His vault had been broken into, and he still had no idea by whom. Inside the vault were hundreds of valuable artifacts, all of which he had collected over hundreds of years of wise purchases and investments. Each of them had some kind of unique power, and they provided him the means by which he had climbed to power.
The one which was missing was very, very valuable, and very dangerous, and he needed it back as soon as possible. It didn't matter what he had to do. But then, didn't he already know of some people who could help him? He could tip them off to the case, and work with them, except he didn't trust them. So instead he decides to let them solve the case themselves and watch over it to make sure they get it right. If it seems like they're getting off track then he might make an appearance to help them out.
To this end, he keeps an eye (or, rather, the eyes of an employee) on the security cameras of New York to wait for them to make an appearance.